The William Alfonso Withers Papers documents Withers' professional career and activities as well as his personal life. The collection contains materials on his employment as a professor of pure and agricultural chemistry at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1889-1923, along with materials covering his ... More

The William Alfonso Withers Papers documents Withers' professional career and activities as well as his personal life. The collection contains materials on his employment as a professor of pure and agricultural chemistry at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1889-1923, along with materials covering his employment at various other state, federal, and private organizations. It also contains materials on Withers' personal activities with extensive personal correspondence with friends and family. Withers received his A.B. and A.M. from Davidson College, and did graduate work at Cornell University. He was a Professor of Pure and Agricultural Chemistry at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1889-1923 and served as Acting Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station from 1887 to 1899. From 1916 to 1923 he served as Vice President of North Carolina State College, and from 1917 to 1918 was president of the North Carolina Academy of Science. Less